全球首个！广州港绿色甲醇加注作业覆盖集装箱船、散货船、汽车滚装船三类船型World's first! Green methanol refueling operations at Guangzhou Port cover three types of ships: container ships, bulk carriers, and car carriers.

Recently, the 'Guangrong' vessel completed the refueling of 2,300 tons of methanol at Nansha Automobile Port in Guangzhou, Guangdong, including 1,400 tons of bonded green methanol, and subsequently loaded more than 4,000 renewable energy vehicles to be shipped to Europe. This makes Guangzhou Port the world's first port to provide green methanol refueling operations for container ships, bulk carriers, and car carriers.

The 'Guangrong' is a new-generation large green car carrier and the first methanol dual-fuel powered car carrier to call at Nansha Automobile Port. It has a total length of 199.9 meters, a beam of 37.7 meters, and a designed capacity of 7,800 standard car slots. Its methanol dual-fuel power system can significantly reduce emissions of sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, and particulate matter. On this voyage, it will call at ports in Spain, Belgium, and other European countries along its route.

According to the Guangzhou Port Authority, this operation involved the vessel 'Daqing 268' refueling the vessel 'Guangrong,' marking the first methanol fuel bunkering operation for a ro-ro ship at Guangzhou Port. Under the overall coordination of the Municipal Port Authority and the collaborative support of multiple departments including commerce, maritime, customs, and border inspection, the bunkering operation and the maiden voyage were completed efficiently and smoothly, filling the gap for green methanol bunkering for ro-ro vessels at Guangzhou Port.

Since September this year, Guangzhou Port has successively completed the country’s first ship-to-ship green methanol bunkering for international bulk carriers and the first green methanol bunkering for container liners in the Nansha Port Area, achieving full coverage of multiple operational scenarios from 'anchorage to terminal.' With this recent ro-ro ship bunkering, Guangzhou Port has become the world’s first port to achieve full coverage of green methanol bunkering for the three major vessel types: container ships, bulk carriers, and ro-ro vessels, establishing a comprehensive bunkering service system at a globally leading level.

In addition to refueling services, Guangzhou Port has established a comprehensive refueling service system covering LNG, green methanol, and biofuels, with the functions of international shipping services continuously improving. In April of this year, three terminals at Nansha Automobile Port passed the on-site evaluation for a four-star green port by the China Ports Association. During the berthing of the 'Guangrong' vessel, green methanol refueling and the loading of renewable energy vehicles proceeded simultaneously, demonstrating the effectiveness of coordinated interaction between green ships and green ports.

Regarding automobile exports, leveraging the advantages of the automotive industry cluster in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Guangzhou Port exported nearly 700,000 vehicles from January to September in the first three quarters of 2026, with full-year exports expected to approach the one million vehicle target. Among these, exports from Nansha Automobile Port increased by 40.9% year-on-year, while exports on the 'Nansha-Europe' route increased by 2.4 times year-on-year, continuously expanding the channels for domestic cars going overseas.

According to the deployment of the Guangzhou Port Authority, the next step will be to accelerate the establishment of a green methanol refueling service system, promoting new breakthroughs in the port's low-carbon transition; at the same time, efforts will continue to deeply integrate the port with the automotive industry, coordinating with leading shipping companies such as COSCO Shipping Roll-on/Roll-off to improve the network of long-distance roll-on/roll-off routes, increase the deployment of green-powered vessels, and provide full-chain logistics support for Chinese automobiles going overseas.

[Source: Compiled from China Transportation News and Guangzhou Port Authority]

[Editor: Xiao Neng]